Pycnoscelus Scudder, 1862

Pellens, Roseli & Grandcolas, Philippe, 2008, CCDC 696447: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, Zootaxa 1709, pp. 1-109 : 73

Pycnoscelus Scudder, 1862

Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Blatta)

Synonymy: Hauskäfer oder Kakkerlak Fermin, 1769 indica (Fabricius, 1775) ( Blatta ) melanocephala Stoll, 1813 ( Blatta ) corticum (Serville, 1839) ( Blatta ) laevis (Le Guillou, 1841) (Perispherus) obscurus Scudder, 1862 celebesa (Walker, 1868) ( Panchlora ) latipes (Walker, 1868) ( Polyzosteria ) crassipes (Walker, 1868) ( Polyzosteria ) occipitalis Walker, 1871 Panchlora tatei (Tepper, 1894) (Epilampria) dimorpha (Shiraki, 1906) (Epilampra) surinamensis major Roeser, 1940

Geographical records: Probably all over the country.

Type: NRSS, Stockholm; No type in LS, London .

Ref.: Princis, 1962-71: 264; Rocha e Silva Albuquerque, 1964c: 10; 1972: 9; 1982: 6; Rocha e Silva Albuquerque &

Lopes, 1976: 876; Rocha e Silva (Albuquerque) & Aguiar, 1977:11; Becker, 1984: 90; Pellens & Grandcolas, 2002.

Remarks: Introduced peridomestic and parthenogenetic species in gardens, plantations, chiken houses, cattle hosting

( Pellens & Grandcolas, 2002).

Subfamily Zetoborinae